The department’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday announced it has begun investigating 45 universities for failing to follow ...

More than half of those charged in Cook County with felony firearm cases involving modified weapons have been detained ...

Disability rights group Equip for Equality filed a motion Thursday for a preliminary injunction to immediately transfer the ...

For many people with Down syndrome, the question ‘to be or not to be’ is not just philosophical — it is personal,” said Chela de Ferrari, the show’s director and writer. “Society often decides who ...

The order comes after a 2023 ruling in federal court that Chicago’s long-running failure to protect blind pedestrians violated the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, following ...

After Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he would reluctantly support the bill, he bore the brunt of that anger, including a protest at his office, calls from progressives that he be primaried ...

The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information, such ...

The Ravinia Festival summer lineup features more than 100 concerts and 40 artist debuts. Tickets for the summer season go on ...

The CTA board of directors approved the purchase of cameras aimed at catching bus lane scofflaws on Wednesday, making good on ...

Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023, diversity is in decline at medical schools nationwide.

Officials from Chicago and Illinois are sounding the alarm as the U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off about half of ...

His remarks came just two days after the agency abruptly laid off 1,300 employees, or about half its workforce, including an estimated 50 workers in its Chicago regional office.